50 States United: Fighting in D.C. for Clean Air

In May 2013, doctors, nurses, clergy, labor advocates and community activists traveled from every state to Washington, D.C. to meet with their elected officials and tell their stories of why clean air is important.

Phillip Bautista, a registered nurse from California, works in one of the nation's most polluted cities. Everyday, he sees patients struggling to breathe due to bad air quality. Phillip was one of the Ambassadors, and this is his story.

Every time you blow out a candle, every time you blow a bubble, you declare the right to breathe. Air pollution threatens that right. The Clean Air Act defends it. Everyone has the right to breathe. Clean air should be a fundamental right. Watch the Right to Breathe video.

Millions of Americans suffer from asthma. However, most people don't know how brutal it is to live with the disease. Breathing is a fundamental right, yet every day air pollution affects our right to breathe clean air.